Hector and Polydamas | il231flax: "Polydamas came near Hector and said: 'Hector, and the other leaders of the Trojans and allies, it is but folly that we seek to drive across the trench our swift horses; hard in sooth is it to cross, for sharp stakes are set in it.'" (Hom.Il.12.60). John Flaxman (1755 – 1826).